Hammers and Stanwood

[David Stanwood]

Richard,

Can't really say much about your hammers without some data...

What have you got for Strike Weights?

C,C# samples at least please...

Had a similar situation  recently with a Steinway B.

Went from mid medium zone Strike Weights to mid full zone Strike Weights.  
The sound got a little duller and some judicious hardening and shaping put 
things in order.  The net result was to bring the tone up several notchs.  
Bigger fuller nicer sound...broader spectrum of dynamics.

Please measure your strike weight and share your data with us.  If you send 
it to me I'd be glad to graph it and put it on my web site so we can all 
look at what your talking about...

I firmly believe that we ALL should be looking at strike weights and hammer 
weights as a matter of course.  I am not alone in the knowledge that the 
foundation of a wel set up action is setting strike weights to a specified 
level an with consistency from note to note.  Not only is it worth the time 
and effort but we can CHARGE for the service and our clients will NOTICE the 
difference....

Looking forward to your data.

David Stanwood

>From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: PTG <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Hammers and Stanwood
>Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:26:30 +0100
>
>Recent thread about Pathetic Monsters.. got me thinking about
>something. In Davids reply to Terry he mentions some of his
>thinking about which hammer strike weight ranges are generally
>appropriate for some varying locations / instruments.
>
>I have a roughly 2 meter long Bluthner.. not very old... but
>needs new hammers. Presently it is in a fairly large classroom
>that has a lot of carpeting and ceiling mounted sound absorbers.
>The sound of this instrument is like well.... swallowed up. It
>just doesnt project. Sustain could be a bit better as well. In a
>small practice room where this was previously placed it was
>overwhelmingly "big" in sound.
>
>It has a set of 3 time reshaped standard catalouge Able heads. I
>am wondering what kind of strikeweights / hammer size would be
>suitable for a room that is so...... damped soundwise as a room
>with lots of carpeting and the like would be.  How does one go
>about "prejudging" such a choice ?
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway
>mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>
>

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